Asine

Asine was an ancient city in Argolis, Greece. It was founded the Dryopes, who originally dwelt on Mount Parnassus, and, at the time of the Trojan War in 1250 BC, it was a subject of King Diomedes of Argos. In 740 BC, the Asinaeans joined the Spartans when they went to war with Argos, but, after the Spartans returned home, the Argives besieged Asine and razed it to the ground. The Asinaeans fled by sea, and, after the First Messenian War, the Spartans gave them new lands in Messenia, where they built a new town of Asine.